10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Nueces County, Texas.
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Texas counties can't zone, so RV/boat storage rules come from your city. In Corpus Christi, a trailer, boat trailer or house trailer may not sit on a street unless attached to a vehicle able to move it. Nueces County beaches allow RV/vehicle beach parking with a $12 annual sticker.
Corpus Christi Code § 53-144
No person shall park any trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer or house trailer upon a street, unless the same is attached to a motor vehicle capable of moving such trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer or house trailer.
Texas counties can't zone driveways, so residential driveway rules come from your city. Corpus Christi bars parking in an alley in a way that blocks the driveway entrance to abutting property and defines a driveway for its parking code; unincorporated county lots have no county driveway rule.
Corpus Christi Code § 53-146
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley in such position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.
Texas counties can't zone commercial-vehicle parking, so rules come from your city. Corpus Christi lets commercial vehicles use loading zones for up to 30 minutes between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. (except Sundays) and bars display, sale, washing or repair of vehicles on streets.
Corpus Christi Code § 53-163(1)
Commercial vehicles loading, unloading, delivering or picking up freight or parcel materials shall be permitted to park in loading zones for a period not to exceed thirty (30) minutes between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (except on Sundays), and as specified by appropriate signs indicating the same.
Nueces County has no general street-parking ordinance for city streets — those belong to each city. Corpus Christi requires vehicles to park parallel, facing traffic, with right wheels within 18 inches of the curb, and no parking that leaves under 10 feet of roadway.
Corpus Christi Code § 53-140
No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a roadway ... other than parallel with the edge of the roadway headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement and with the righthand wheels of the vehicle within eighteen (18) inches of the curb or edge of the roadway.
There is no countywide overnight parking ban. Corpus Christi only restricts 1:00 a.m.–6:00 a.m. parking on posted streets. Overnight camping and parking is allowed on Padre and Mustang Island beaches with a $12 annual beach sticker; the barge dock lot bars 10 p.m.–5 a.m. parking.
Corpus Christi Code § 53-174
When signs are erected in each block giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle between the hours specified in Schedule VIII, as set forth in section 53-257 for a period of time longer than so specified of any day within the district or upon any of the streets described in said schedule.
Nueces County sets no EV-charging parking ordinance — counties can't zone, and there is no county rule reserving spaces or barring non-EVs from chargers. Rules come from the property owner, the city, or state law; Texas does not mandate an ICE-vehicle 'blocking' penalty statewide.
This is a real county power. Under Texas Transportation Code Ch. 683, a junked vehicle visible from a public place is a public nuisance that Nueces County may abate and remove. A vehicle is 'junked' if inoperable 72 hours on public property or 30 days on private property.
Tex. Transp. Code § 683.072
A junked vehicle, including a part of a junked vehicle, that is visible from a public place or public right-of-way ... is detrimental to the safety and welfare of the public; tends to reduce the value of private property; invites vandalism; creates a fire hazard ... and is a public nuisance.
Curb-color parking rules come from the city, not Nueces County. Corpus Christi's code sets the meaning of curb markings: solid red means no parking, white with a stencil number is a time limit, yellow with black stripes is a bus zone, and yellow 'Loading Zone' lettering marks a loading zone.
Corpus Christi Code § 53-143
The following markings are designated for parking limitations within the city ... (1) Solid red. No parking. (2) White with stencil number. Time limit governed by the time indicated by stencil. (3) Yellow with black vertical stripes. Bus zone. (4) Yellow with black stencilled words "Loading Zone." Loading zone.
Loading zones are a city matter, not a county one. Corpus Christi's traffic engineer designates and signs loading zones; commercial vehicles get 30 minutes and passenger loading is limited to 3 minutes. Where no hours are posted, the rules apply 24 hours a day.
Corpus Christi Code § 53-160
The city manager or city traffic engineer is hereby authorized to determine the location of loading zones and shall place and maintain appropriate signs indicating the same ... If no hours are stated on the signs, the provisions of this division are applicable twenty-four (24) hours per day.
Nueces County can't zone, so oversized-vehicle limits come from your city. Corpus Christi bans commercial vehicles, trailers, tractors and any vehicle over two tons gross weight from the Packery Channel area lots without a permit, and bars detached trailers on streets.
Corpus Christi Code § 53-177
No person shall enter, park, or operate any commercial vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, house trailer, farm tractor, truck-tractor, road-tractor, tow truck, or any vehicle with a gross weight in excess of two tons, at any time, in the Packery Channel area parking lots described in Schedule X ...
1 cities in Nueces County have their own parking rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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